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Vermont, she thought, would be brief. “I didn’t want to be home,”


she said. “I didn’t want to work for the Times-Argus at all—just because I’d gotten a taste of being away from home and I liked it.” Fate intervened.


grearson’s reporting talent caught the attention of then-sports editor Pete Hartt, and she was—in every sense—off to the


races. She began plunging in to local


stories with zeal. She realized that even in the age of social media a small-town newspaper can be the centerpiece of community life. “It’s a different thing every day,” she says. “And I just love to tell stories, love to just get into the story.” Her sportswriting tales provided a deep bond with her father when


She realIzed that even In the age of SoCIal medIa a Small-town newSpaper Can be the CenterpIeCe of CommunIty lIfe. “It’Sa dIfferent thIng every day,” She SayS. “and I juSt love to tell StorIeS, love to juSt get Into the Story.”


he was diagnosed with cancer in 2007. Often she would go from the ball field to the newspaper to the hospital bed, sharing stories with her dad about a diving catch or a witty quote. No doubt, both


John and Jennifer would be beaming if they could see their


daughter now. In addition to the NSSA award this year, grearson also bagged a second-place finish in a national contest for breaking news from the Associated Press Sports Editors (under 30,000 circulation). At some point, grearson figures, she might move on to bigger—


possibly better—things, but home right now is where the heart of her writing remains. “We’ll just see where it goes,” grearson said. “My eyes and ears have always been open…But I really do love what I do and where I do it.”


Magazine: Sean Sweeney and


Matt Tuthill


Ever since the original Dr. J hung the peach baskets, students have been coming to Springfield College with their own hoop dreams. Sean Sweeney was no exception. “I was 24-7 basketball from about the fourth


grade,” said the 2009 graduate from Danvers, Mass. “It wasn’t really until my senior year in


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college when I started thinking that I’ve got to stop going to the gym three hours a day and think about what I’m going to do.” By that point, one bubble had burst. After a fine playing career in


high school and one year for the Pride junior varsity squad, it had become sadly apparent that Sweeney wasn’t going to make that storybook journey from Div. III basketball to the NBA All-Star game. He needed a Plan B. This past February in Houston,


and the previous one in Orlando, it became clear that the backup plan had worked out just fine. Sweeney was on hand to cover the last two NBA All-Star weekends in his role as senior editor at Dime, the basketball/lifestyle magazine. “I’ve never really felt super


star-struck,” Sweeney says, “but at the same time you always catch yourself thinking, ‘I grew up watching this person play,’ or ‘I had posters of this person on my wall.’” Sweeney, who often came to


class at Springfield College bopping to music inside his headphones while bouncing a ball, spends some of his work life driving traffic to the Dime website from his home in Baltimore. On a daily basis, he edits, posts, and oversees the magazine’s Facebook and Twitter presence. But it’s on the magazine where he gets to live the dream. He has interviewed a slew of NBA hotshots, and has written in-depth cover stories on the likes of kevin Durant and Blake griffin. At the All-Star game, he found himself in a pack of media inter-


viewing kobe Bryant, his favorite player growing up. “There were like 45 different people around kobe, and it seemed like there were 15 different languages being spoken,” said Sweeney. “It was odd—and it was fun.” Also enjoying the world of magazine journalism is Matt Tuthill ’03, who reports to work every day in New York City as a senior editor at Muscle and Fitness. There he gets to


“I’ve never really felt Super Star-StruCk,” Sweeney SayS, “but at the Same tIme you alwayS CatCh yourSelf thInkIng, ‘I grew up watChIng thIS perSon play,’ or ‘I had poSterS of thIS perSon on my wall.’”


Sean Sweeney with Shaquille O’Neal TRIANGLE 1 Vol . 84, No.3 One of Matt Tuthill’s articles in Muscle & Fitness


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